Richard Petty flick will definitely star some Quaid or other

When word of a Richard
Petty bio-pic (to be written by Chris Cleveland and Bettina
Gilois, the pair behind the soon to be released Glory
Road) first came out over a year ago, Dennis
Quaid was expected to both produce and star in the untitled film. Now, however, it's big bro Randy
who is reported to be playing the legendary NASCAR driver.

While it's a bit odd that someone thinks the two
look enough alike to both be able to play the same real-life figure, it's always good to hear that the older Quaid is
getting a starring role. Though he's (quite reasonably) known by most of us primarily as Clark Griswold's over-the-top,
dickey-wearing cousin, Quaid is actually a quiet, solid presence in
most of his best roles; it's nice to see this confidence in him. Well, it's either confidence, or someone just decided
that he'd been away from cars too long (Days of Thunder was
more than 15 years ago, after all) and decided to throw him a bone.

It's gonna be a while before this one
starts shooting - who knows, maybe there's another Quaid we don't know about who can take over the role next.